Jevontia Ingram Arrested In Incident That Left Friend Dead

The mother of a teenage boy arrested in connection with an attempted pharmacy robbery that left another teenager dead said the robbery was not her son's idea.

Natasha Spigner said she knew her son, Jevontia Ingram, 14, was the teenager shown on the surveillance video at Reliable Pharmacy the moment that she saw it.

"My son made a mistake, and he is learning from this mistake," she said.

She said that Ingram and Antwun Parker went into the store on May 19 and most likely planned to rob it. Pharmacist Jerome Ersland shot and killed Parker. Ersland has been charged with first-degree murder.

"Antwun's mom lost her son," Spigner said. "I really feel if I don't fight for my son, I am going to lose him to the state of Oklahoma."

She said she knew about her oldest son's involvement but didn't tell police.

"He wanted to go downtown, but me, being a parent, I had to protect him," she said.

She said that the robbery wasn't the boys' idea. She blames Emanuel Mitchell, who was charged Thursday with driving the getaway car. She said Mitchell and another man put the boys up to it, though police have not mentioned any other names.

"When you have older men telling kids, 'We are going to do this and you are going to get some money,' they are going to listen," she said.

She said her son has been traumatized by the whole ordeal.

"He is 14 years old, and he ain't no monster," she said. "He never did none of this in his life."

Jevontia Ingram will be in juvenile court on Friday. District Attorney David Prater will have to decide whether to charge him as an adult.